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E. B. ROBINSON.

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incited tatts EDWARD B. ROBINSON,

or PORTLAND, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 105,726, dated July 26, 1870.

MUSIC-LEAP TURNER.

The Schedule'referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. Ronrsson, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland and State-of Maine, have invented a new and useful ImprovedMusic-leaf Turner; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to makeand use my invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan;

.Figure 2 is an end elevation, and

Figure 3 isa section.

Like letters show like parts.

This invention is designed to facilitate the turning of the leaves ofpiano music, to prevent turning more than one leaf at atime, and to keepthe music in place without danger of falling. In addition to this, thereis also an arrangement-by which the scratching of the music-rack isentirely obviated.

Performers on the piano, when without theassistance of a second party toturn the music-leaves as the pages are finished, are obliged to make astop at the end of each leaf, and to take one hand from the piano toturn the leaf. This makes an awkward break in the music, which is veryunpleasant, and frequently the leaf falls to the floor, and before itcan be recovered and replaced the spirit of the music is lost. Toobviate this is my design, and by reference to the drawing my method ofaccomplishing it may be read- ,ily perceived.

jlnside a common music-book cover I arrange the wires (0 b c, which arehinged at the back of the book. to the standards h z'j, and providedwith spring clips cfg upon their outer ends. These clips project beyondeach other, as shown in the drawing, the upper one a being longer thanthe others, bnext longer, &c. The lower ends are similarly arranged,each projccting more than the one underneath, and they are provided withcrooked finger-pieces Ian at, which enable the operator more readily tocatch the wire.

These bottom wires may be furnished with clips, as at c, or not,according to taste or convenience.

At 0 o, in the drawing, are rests for the music, which rests may be madeadjustable by being placed on slides.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The music is placed within the spring clips, the first page within theclip e on the wire a, the second in the clip f, &c.

As the page is finished, the performer, by catching with the finger thewire a, at its finger-piece m, can give it a quick throw and turn itwithout loss of time, feeling sure that he will turn but one page, andthat the page cannot be displaced, being tightly held by the snap 0.Neither is time lost by having to arrange it on the piano rest.

Each wire, on being turned over, exposes two pages, i. e., the page towhich it is attached audits opposite. Thus, if there are three wires,six pages may be turned, and the number of wires may be increased asconvenience may dictate.

Instead of being arranged'as shown at a l) o, the wires may be hinged ath and j, and pass round the. outer edge of the book, as seen at thedotted lines, andmay have a' clip in the position shown thereon.

The wires b and a have a stop attached at the hinge or standard 2', toprevent their slipping from their place.

The arrangement to prevent defacing the book-rack of the piano is seenat p 11, and consists of two balls of smooth or elastic materialattached to the lower edge of the book in any convenient manner, whichare to be placed under the edge of the same when resting upon the piano.

It will be seen, from the foregoing description, that a player will, bymeans of this invention, be enabled to turn his or her own music, withno disagreeable break in the music, and in perfect confidence that theproper leaf, and only that, will be moved by the wire.

When another person than the player turns the music, it is oftendifficult to know just when to turn, as the habits of differentperformers vary, some desiring the leaves turned four or five notes fromthe end of the page, some less. 7

A practical musician can readily see the advantages of this'devicewithout further explanation.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, aud desire to secure I

